From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 25 12:34: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.netsys.hn (mail.netsys.hn [200.41.53.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EA5537B422 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:33:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from quintana@netsys.hn) Received: from HPLAPTOP.netsys.hn (support.netsys.hn [200.41.53.58]) by mail.netsys.hn (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA14323 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 13:33:50 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010425133119.00a22760@netsys.hn> X-Sender: quintana@netsys.hn X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 13:33:42 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Pablo Quintana Subject: Password file saved? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_635752==_.ALT" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --=====================_635752==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I'm trying to update a FreeBSD 2.2.8 server to 4.2 R. My question is if I format the drive and start from scratch, can I save the password file to add the users but not retype the passwords? Another question, it is OK to upgrade the binaries from /stand/sysinstall to 4.2 R, or it would be better to format the drive? Thanks Pablo Quintana Gerente de Servicios Dedicados The NetSys Company San Pedro Sula, Honduras, C. A. Tel. : +504 566-1055 Fax : +504 566-3183 Mobile: +504 991-1847 e-mail: quintana@netsys.hn --=====================_635752==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" I'm trying to update a FreeBSD 2.2.8 server to 4.2 R. My question is if I format the drive and start from scratch, can I save the password file to add the users but not retype the passwords?

Another question, it is OK to upgrade the binaries from /stand/sysinstall to 4.2 R, or it would be better to format the drive?

Thanks

Pablo Quintana
Gerente de Servicios Dedicados
The NetSys Company
San Pedro Sula, Honduras, C. A.

Tel.  : +504 566-1055
Fax   : +504 566-3183
Mobile: +504 991-1847
e-mail: quintana@netsys.hn
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